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Idris Elba: Change is coming to the Oscars
February 8, 2016 | 1 Comment
Idris Elba believes “change is coming” at the Oscars in the wake of this year’s diversity row. The actor, 43, is certain the Academy has taken notice of the complaints following the lack of diversity in the nominations list for the ceremony la…
Dame Helen Mirren defends Academy
February 4, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Dame Helen Mirren has defended the Academy over the lack of nominations for black actors and actresses at the Oscars.The 70-year-old star insists it is ”unfair” to blame the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wholeheartedly for the lack of …
Whoopi Goldberg: Boycott movies not Oscars
January 26, 2016 | 2 Comments
Whoopi Goldberg has called for stars to “boycott” movies rather than the Academy Awards. The 60-year-old star insists the Oscars cannot be “racist” because she won a Best Supporting Actress accolade in 1991 for her role in Ghost, and believes the…
Nick Cannon: Oscars boycotters are ‘wasting their voices’
January 25, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Nick Cannon insists high profile black celebrities shouldn’t “waste their voice” slamming the lack of diversity in the Academy Awards nominations. The America’s Got Talent host has shared a two-minute clip of him reading out a poem called…
Reese Witherspoon ‘disappointed’ by Oscar nominations
January 22, 2016 | 3 Comments
Reese Witherspoon is “disappointed” at this year’s Academy Awards nominations. The Hot Pursuit star is just one of a long line of actors and actresses unhappy about the lack of diversity in the nods for the Oscars, which takes place next month, and…
Stacey Dash’s solution to lack of diversity: Get rid of Black History Month
January 21, 2016 | 8 Comments
Clueless star Stacey Dash is a vocal right-wing Conservative and she certainly proved it with her latest comments on Fox & Friends yesterday.
Quincy Jones issues Oscar ultimatum
January 21, 2016 | 2 Comments
Quincy Jones will only present at the Academy Awards if he can speak about ”the lack of diversity” in the nominations. The 82-year-old musician – who was musical director and conductor of the Oscars in 1971 and 1995 and was also the first black person…
Tyrese Gibson thinks Chris Rock should step down as Oscars host
January 21, 2016 | 2 Comments
Tyrese Gibson has urged Chris Rock to step down from hosting the Oscars. The Furious 7 actor insists there is no way the comic can use his position to properly address the lack of diversity in this year’s nominations, so should take a stand by pulling…
Lupita Nyong’o ‘disappointed’ by Oscar nominations
January 20, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Lupita Nyong’o is ”disappointed” by the lack of diversity in this year’s Academy Awards nominations. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress has taken to Instagram to voice her opinions, insisting she is standing with her ”peers who are calling f…
Oscars boss promises more diversity
January 19, 2016 | 1 Comment
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs is “heartbroken and frustrated” by the lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar nominations. The executive, 66, has spoken out following a backlash over only white actors and actresses being shortlisted for …